Novel bisretinoids of human retina are lyso alkyl ether glycerophosphoethanolamine-bearing A2PE species

Bisretinoids are a family of fluorophores that form in photoreceptor cells' outer segments by nonenzymatic reaction of two vitamin A aldehydes (A2) with phosphatidylethanolamine (PE). Bisretinoid fluorophores are the major constituents of the lipofuscin of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) that...

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Main Authors: Hye Jin Kim, Janet R. Sparrow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-09-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520335318